TOBA TEK SINGH: Punjab Food Authority teams unearthed two hazardous cooking oil production units in two villages of Gojra on Thursday in separate raids.

When the teams under the supervision of PFA Deputy Director Adnan Haider raided Gojra’s Chak 158 GB and 179 GB, spurious oil was being produced in the units from remains of animals by owners Shahid Aslam and Muhammad Asif.

The teams recovered 2,865 litres of harmful oil, dumped hundreds of kilograms of remains of the animals and took into custody the machinery being used in both units for producing cooking oil.

Separate cases had also been registered against owners of both units.

SUICIDE: A woman allegedly committed suicide in a room of a hotel located in Madina Town market, Faisalabad, on Thursday.

Rescue 1122 said Asma Jabeen (28), daughter of Muhammad Ramzan of Toba Tek Singh, was staying in the hotel where due to alleged dispute with her friend she hanged herself from the ceiling fan.

Madina Town station house officer ABdul Ghafoor shifted her body for autopsy to DHQ hospital. Further investigation is under way.

In another incident, a young man committed suicide on Thursday at Faisalabad’s Jamil Park locality on Kokianwala Road.

Muhammad Waqas (24) hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his house. The reason for the suicide could not be ascertained.

CLASH: Three people were injured seriously on Thursday when their opponents opened indiscriminate firing on them over a property dispute in Mubarakpura locality of Tandlianwala city.

The injured identified as Zahid (35), Imtiaz (28) and Zakkir (50) were rushed to Tandlianwala THQ hospital.

Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2022